Sports
Kearney Invitational
Wesley Miller/Courier-Tribune Kearney girls cross country senior Drew Gustafson competes in the Kearney Invitational Saturday, Oct. 10.Wesley Miller/Courier-Tribune Kearney boys cross country sophomore Hunter Phipps competes in the Kearney Invitational Saturday, Oct. 9. Wesley Miller/Courier-Tribune…
- Kearney Invitational
- Kearney football earns blowout win on Senior Night over Grandview
- Liberty softball defeats Liberty North to advance to district championship
- Liberty North softball falls to Liberty in district semifinals
- Gallery | Individual girls tennis districts
Education

Qualified NKC Schools, Liberty students earn guaranteed admission to Mizzou
Photo courtesy of University of MissouriAdmissions hosts the Countdown: Mizzou event for incoming freshmen, March 19. By Kellie HouxKHoux@cherryroad.com CLAY COUNTY — Mizzou has introduced a new direct admission pathway that guarantees admission for eligible…
- Qualified NKC Schools, Liberty students earn guaranteed admission to Mizzou
- Liberty Middle School theatre presents ‘Citizen Crane’
- LPS recognizes 1st registered youth apprentices
- Smithville Homecoming Parade brings out teams, community
- Kearney yearbook staff ranks ‘All-Missouri’
Outdoors

Watch for wildlife movement on roadways
Cooler, longer nights mean deer and other wild animals are on the move. Most deer strikes with vehicles occur during October and November between the hours of 6 to 7 a.m. and 6 to 9…
- Watch for wildlife movement on roadways
- Follow fall foliage with MDC’s fall color report
- Learn to create waystation for butterflies, monarchs with Sept. 12 MDC virtual program
- Prevent snakes from seeking shelter in house
- Growing together in God’s care: Liberty churches expand shared garden ministry
Sports
Kearney Invitational
Wesley Miller/Courier-Tribune Kearney girls cross country senior Drew Gustafson competes in the Kearney Invitational Saturday, Oct. 10.Wesley Miller/Courier-Tribune Kearney boys cross country sophomore Hunter Phipps competes in the Kearney Invitational…
- Kearney Invitational
- Kearney football earns blowout win on Senior Night over Grandview
- Liberty softball defeats Liberty North to advance to district championship
- Liberty North softball falls to Liberty in district semifinals
- Gallery | Individual girls tennis districts
Education

Qualified NKC Schools, Liberty students earn guaranteed admission to Mizzou
Photo courtesy of University of MissouriAdmissions hosts the Countdown: Mizzou event for incoming freshmen, March 19. By Kellie HouxKHoux@cherryroad.com CLAY COUNTY — Mizzou has introduced a new direct admission pathway…
- Qualified NKC Schools, Liberty students earn guaranteed admission to Mizzou
- Liberty Middle School theatre presents ‘Citizen Crane’
- LPS recognizes 1st registered youth apprentices
- Smithville Homecoming Parade brings out teams, community
- Kearney yearbook staff ranks ‘All-Missouri’
Outdoors

Watch for wildlife movement on roadways
Cooler, longer nights mean deer and other wild animals are on the move. Most deer strikes with vehicles occur during October and November between the hours of 6 to 7…
- Watch for wildlife movement on roadways
- Follow fall foliage with MDC’s fall color report
- Learn to create waystation for butterflies, monarchs with Sept. 12 MDC virtual program
- Prevent snakes from seeking shelter in house
- Growing together in God’s care: Liberty churches expand shared garden ministry
News

Transportation, environment open house highlights regional planning
The Mid-America Regional Council will host a Transportation & Environment Open House to showcase transportation and environmental planning initiatives underway across the Kansas City region. From 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, community members will have an opportunity to learn about current projects, meet with MARC staff, ask questions, and provide input on efforts…
- Transportation, environment open house highlights regional planning
- Tree damage, power outages part of Tuesday storm, Wednesday clean-up
- Wagner Logistics expands in Liberty, creates 79 jobs
- BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
- MoDOT conducts annual statewide winter weather drill
Community Living

SENIOR NEWS LINE: Give holiday gift to yourself
By Matilda CharlesThe best gift we can give ourselves during the coming holiday season is not becoming the victim of a scam. This year it’s going to be tough to manage that. Thieves are constantly fine-tuning their skills. Your job is to know what form scams against you can take and to sharpen your intuition…
- SENIOR NEWS LINE: Give holiday gift to yourself
- Halloween events continue next 3 weekends
- Kearney Fulfillment leader to run 10K as part of creative fundraiser
- NKC Health, KC Shepherd’s Center partner to continue Meals on Wheels in Northland
- DONNA ERICKSON’S BEST BITES: Put ‘World’s Best Granola’ on breakfast menu
Multimedia

Gallery | Individual girls tennis districts
Liberty and Liberty North girls tennis in the Class 3 District 8 Individual Tournament Friday, Oct. 9.
- Gallery | Individual girls tennis districts
- Gallery | Conference golf
- Gallery | Liberty Homecoming
- Gallery | Highway 92 volleyball
- Gallery | PGA Jr. League Regionals at Paradise Pointe
Special Sections
Entertainment

MOVIE REVIEW: This movie will make you seasick
By Simonie Wilson What starts as a portrait of a free-spirited, fun-loving family of seven a la “Captain Fantastic” quickly turns instead into an emotionally abusive cry for help in “Capsized.” Lily Rabe (“Presumed Innocent,” “Shrinking”) does a balanced job of showing us the effects of long-term abuse in how she alternately neglects and clings…
- MOVIE REVIEW: This movie will make you seasick
- William Jewell College welcomes bestselling author Kristin Kobes Du Mez
- MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Stunt Driver’ needs stunt double
- MOVIE REVIEW: You won’t wish you were there
- MOVIE REVIEW: Finding Alaska disappointing
Opinion
Courier-Tribune: Rooted in community, committed to truth
This week marks National Newspaper Week, which runs Oct. 4 to 10. This year’s theme is “Rooted in Community, Committed to Truth.”For 180 years, we have been honored to tell the stories of our communities, document local history as it unfolds and provide readers with factual, reliable information they can trust. In a time when…
- Courier-Tribune: Rooted in community, committed to truth
- Free press, journalists needed to document changes
- Where do displaced volunteers go?
- 260930_ct_editorialcartoon
- Critical to reflect on Sept. 11 25 years later



